Media Literate Parenting

Mental Wellness One Year On in the Pandemic Wellness expert Glenys Vivian returned to help Neil and Carol understand how to support those around us, and ways we all might go forward together – [...]

I think this is the first time that I will have posted an identical blog post in three different virtual places simultaneously: (L-R) Mary, Peter, Diana My Personal [...]

Glenys Vivian, education and school-based wellness lead with Ontario’s York Region District School Board, has a wealth of expertise in addressing children’s responses to trauma. She chatted with [...]

By Chelsea Attwell, Carol Arcus, Sarah Bayne and Diana Maliszewski In light of the Covid -19 pandemic many people are spending more time at home and engaging in various online and offline [...]

Special thanks to Ms. Keats for co-authoring this post. For many across Canada and North America, we are in the midst of a major shift because of a pandemic known as the novel coronavirus, or [...]

Listen to and read about Neil Andersen and Carol Arcus’ podcast chats at voicEd.ca Look for our latest conversations with Paul Levinson on pandemic links to Marshall McLuhan’s iconic ideas, [...]

It’s February, which means that traditionally in Canada and the United States, discussion arises around the acknowledgement and celebration of Black History Month. Educators may visit their [...]

Why would anyone want to relive an era defined by plague, rats, the stench of open sewers and horse poop, risk of torture, and daily threat of violence? It seems many people love the prospect, [...]

(This post – originally from 2018 – poses relevant questions in light of the recent ban on cell phones in TorontoDSB classrooms. -ed.) The principal of Earl Grey Senior Public School [...]

Cigarette smoking was promoted in the past as a sign of maturity and sophistication for a century. Celebrities smoked. Movie stars played smoking heroes. Smoking made fans feel like their heroes. [...]